#crop

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Reviving C. Sulawesi cocoa`s glory

Central Sulawesi`s cocoa bean exports plunged to a record low last year, though the crop had become the province`s key ...

JOil Sees Tripling of Jatropha Productivity over Next Eight Years

--- Scientific findings and process on biofuel crop presented in a paper delivered at INSULA (International Scientific ...

RI to hold int`l sand sculpture festival

Winmark Mendawai Indonesia and World Sand Sculpting Academy (WSSA) in cooperation with the Ministry of Tourism and ...

Research key to improving small farmers` welfare

Agriculture experts from Indonesia and Australia will meet in Bogor on Wednesday (Nov.30, 2011) to identify research ...

RI should develop secondary-crop-based agro-industries : expert

As rice supply will in the future tend to become increasingly vulnerable to disruptions, Indonesia should seize any ...

Gorontalo aspires to become world-class corn producing region

Gorontalo is preparing itself to host a World Maize Conference (WMC) in 2012 which it sees as a forum that will bring ...

RI potentially become rice exporter: farmers

The gvernment needs to be more selective in its policies on farm seeds in order to make Indonesia a world rice ...

RI govt calls on businessmen to support food resilience program

The government has called on businessmen to support the national food resilience program by investing in the ...

Bulog expected to conduct market operations in various regions

Due to a long drought that caused crop failures, State Logistics Agency (Bulog) is expected to conduct rice ...

Some 38 hectares of paddy field in E. Java facing crop failure

Some 38 hectares of paddy field in East Java province are facing crop failure due to the current dry season, an ...

RI govt earmarks Rp1.7 trillion to overcome drought effects

The government has set aside Rp1.7 trillion to overcome the adverse effects of drought that has hit several parts of ...

Planthoppers attack farmers` crops in Central Java

Thousands of hectares of paddy fields are being attacked by brown planthoppers in Central Java, one of the food crop ...

Foreign investment inflows in E Kalimantan soar 100 pct

Foreign investment inflows in East Kalimantan in the first half of 2011 jumped 100.4 percent to Rp8.88 trillion from ...

Aceh farmers study agriculture technology in Thailand

Aceh`s provincial Food Crops Affairs Office has sent six farmers to Thailand to learn agricultural technology at the ...

Mexican soldiers find record marijuana plantation

Mexican soldiers discovered the biggest marijuana plantation ever found in the country in a remote desert surrounded ...